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Quote by Joshua Mohr

“I'm a semi-failed writer, but I'm a capital-F Failed musician.”

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Joshua Mohr is an American author born on July 8, 1976. His works are known for their unique narrative style and profound insights into human nature. more

“Philip Glass, like [Virginia] Woolf, is more interested in that which continues than he is in that which begins, climaxes, and ends... Glass and Woolf have both broken out of the traditional realm of the story, whether literary or musical, in favor of something more meditative, less neatly delineated, and more true to life. For me, Glass [finds] in three repeated notes something of [a] rapture of sameness.”

Ends Stories Three Broken Notes Musical Glasses Favors Traditional Realms Virginia Rapture Sameness True Life Philip Climax Woolf

Author:Michael Cunningham

“My musical sensibilities were formed around punk rock, that quintessential dilution of an art that's both ugly and lovely at the same time.”

Art Rocks Musical Ugly Lovely Punk Sensibility Punk Rock Quintessential

Author:Joshua Mohr

“For the book to succeed, it has to have equal parts ugliness and beauty, counterpoints adding up to emotional complexity. To me, there's a dignity in letting your art be emotionally complex.”

Art Book Emotional Succeed Equal Art Is Dignity Complexes Complexity Ugliness

Author:Joshua Mohr

“I like art that trusts its audience, that's written for readers who like to work hard. I like art that knows its readers are up to the challenge of interacting with difficult material.”

Knows Art Hard Difficult Challenges Audience Written Materials Hard Work Reader Interacting

Author:Joshua Mohr

“I'll never be the sort of author who sells that many copies. You'll never see a book of mine being sold on a table at Costco, between the extra-large jorts and a barrel of salsa. And I wouldn't have it any other way. I'll be indie till I die.”

Way Book Dies Mines Tables Sells Extras Copies Barrels Salsa Costco

Author:Joshua Mohr

“It's a beautiful aspect of narrative construction, hunting for the right images and metaphors to render our character's hearts/minds/souls as though they're ecosystems, full-fledged settings for a reader to inhabit like a place.”

Mind Heart Soul Character Beautiful Reader Aspect Metaphor Setting Settings Narrative Construction Hunting Ecosystems

Author:Joshua Mohr

“The question why, at least in my life, often leads to despair. Why did this happen to me? Why didn't someone who claimed to love me treat me with respect, compassion, kindness? Etc. These questions never have answers. They are an ocean, and you'll never swim to the other side. Eventually, you'll tire and die.”

Happens Dies Sides Answers Compassion Kindness Despair Ocean Treats Etc Swim Tire

Author:Joshua Mohr

“Yes, things happened to me - brutal things - but I'm not going to give them so much clout by dwelling on them, empowering them to haunt my heart years after the events transpired. And no good comes from that. These ghosts don't need us to help them stay alive. If we're after real deal healing, these ghosts must desiccate.”

Ifs Needs Giving Years Heart Real Helping Deals Healing Alive Happened Events My Heart Things Happen Ghost Empowering Brutal Dwelling Staying Alive Clout

Author:Joshua Mohr

“Today is going to be free of the past. Today, the past can't hurt me.”

Today Past Hurt Hurt Me

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